| Bogus callers were given the brush-off by an alert householder in Colchester. |
| When Schemo called Kissinger's office for his side, it gave her the traditional brush-off. |
| Last week you were having cosy, informal chats in their office, now you're getting the brush-off whenever you try to instigate a meeting. |
| I take it, Mr. Speaker, that this is a brush-off of our government and our foreign minister by the Mexican authorities. |
| When she turned up her nose, Kottler approached her coworker only to face rejection again, but this time, he found the brush-off liberating. |
| I assumed that, when I gave him the brush-off, that would be the end of it but since then, two weeks ago, he has called me practically every evening. |
